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APRIL 2018 | TERM 1

THIS ISSUE:

BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SCHOOL ART SCIENCE

BUSINESS SCHOOL INTERNATIONAL: SHORT-STUDY TOURS ROBOTICS

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Tena koutou katoaA month ago, the Minister of Education, Hon Chris Hipkins, released details of the government’s education work programme for the next three years: https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/ambitious-three-year-work-programme-education.

The education portfolio work programme includes a review of NCEA, Tomorrow’s Schools and property, developing a workforce strategy, raising achievement for Ma-ori and Pasifika learners, an action plan for learning support, an early learning strategic plan, and a programme of change for vocational education.

The programme is indeed ambitious and one in which we will be very engaged, as the scale of the review, and therefore potential change, is considerable. Not since the introduction of

Tomorrow’s Schools in 1989 has there been the possibility of change of this magnitude. We encourage you to have your say as and when opportunities arise about the future of New Zealand education.

STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT

• Onehunga High School’s Robotics teams, SymbiOHSis, placed 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 7th respectively in the national VEX Robotics Competition. The winning SymbiOHSis team, together with alliance partners Otumoetai College and Free Range Robotics (North Shore Homeschool) consisted of Zoe Forrest 13Gr, Jordan Green 13Mm and Lesley Ly 13Wn. Their win qualifies them to attend the world championships in Kentucky, USA, 25-28 April.

Zoe, Jordan and Lesley also won the Create Award for the robot with the most

creative engineering solution, in this case for their defensive design. After the national competition, National KIWIBOTS Manager Chris Hamling wrote “It was great to see such a variety of great robots. One design has drawn the attention of the international community due to its pushing the rules to the limits without breaking them. Good one Onehunga. Discussions about the robot could get a bit ‘technical and legal’ but to date the VEX Forum indicates it is legal. As it was deemed legal when it qualified, we will defend it if the rules are changed.”

Matthew Moran 13Mm qualifies for the world championship through the skills category, and former students Amy Byrnand, Nathan Bayne and Kirk Pilkington 13Wn qualify for the worlds through their second placing at nationals.

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FROM THE PRINCIPAL

Elliot Soffe 13Mm, Louise Cleland 13Lv and Steven Andrew 13Gr won the Innovate Award for the most innovative design feature on a robot.

Onehunga High qualified 3 of the total of 7 Kiwi robots for the World Championships, which is the largest number of robots from any school in New Zealand to qualify in a single year.

Congratulations to all the Robotics team members. They have worked very hard to achieve these results, and have been acknowledged by judges and other competitors as unfailingly courteous and displaying collegiality and great sporting behaviour. Excellent outcomes, achieved with integrity!

We offer special thanks to our parent and community supporters, to Mr Doug Bryan who contributes an enormous amount of time as co-ordinator and to our new programming guru Ms Jennifer Crisp for her time and expertise. We wish the teams all the very best for the World Championships.

• The University of Auckland has awarded an Onehunga High Business School Undergraduate Scholarship to Sheenal Kumar.

• Filip Vachuda was awarded a 2017 New Zealand Scholarship in English.

• At the Auckland Central Eastern Zone Swimming Championships, Marco Smeets 12Te placed 3rd in Butterfly, 2nd in Breaststroke and 2nd in Freestyle.

• At the Auckland Central Western Zone Athletics Championships, Morticia Levi 11Hw qualified for the Auckland Championships with placings of 3rd in the Intermediate Girls’ High Jump and 6th in the Intermediate Girls’ Long Jump.

• At the Services Academy Induction Camp in Waiouru 26 February – 9 March, Vii Fanene 13Wa was acknowledged as the Most Improved student in the Onehunga High Academy and John Futi 13Wa was awarded Top Student in the Academy.

FORMER STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT

• On 24 February, Bailey Mes was named the 2017 Silver Ferns Player of the Year and the Dame Lois Muir Supreme Award winner. You can read the story at https://www.silverferns.co.nz/silver-ferns/news/latest-news/6531-netball-new-zealand-silver-ferns-awards-announced.html

• At the Australian National Basketball League awards dinner in Melbourne on 27 February, Shea Ili was named the NBL’s most improved player. This is covered at https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/basketball/101825682/breakers-guard-shea-ili-gets-the-nod-as-australian-nbls-most-improved-player

STAFF NEWS

• Dr Jacek Krzyzosiak, Assistant Head of Science and Director of our Health Science Academy, and Mr Red Nicholson, Year 10 Co-Dean, are both recipients of Secondary Teachers’ Study Awards this year, with Jacek being away the entire year and Red

As you can see in the following graph, last year’s NCEA results have provided all of us with a challenge: to return to the upward trend of the previous four years. We have accepted this challenge and reflected on what to do differently. You can read about how we are addressing this in our charter, which is online at http://www.onehungahigh.school.nz/assets/Charter%20and%20Strategic%20plan%202018-2020.pdf

The graphs below show the percentage of students in 2013-2017 who achieved NCEA at each of the respective levels with merit or excellence endorsement, and without endorsement. Acknowledging the challenge noted above, you will see that the trend at Level 1 needs to be reversed in 2018, with the proportion of students achieving endorsed certificates at Levels 2 and 3 trending positively overall.

NCEA Level One NCEA Level Two NCEA Level Three

Level 1 Certificate Endorsement

No Endorsement Merit Excellence

Level 2 Certificate Endorsement Level 3 Certificate Endorsement

SCHOOL TARGETS FOR 2018 ARE:

Roll based Achievement:

• Senior students will gain a minimum of 14 credits in each of their subjects

• 80% of Year 9 students will be Proficient at Curriculum Level 4 in each subject

• 80% of Year 10 students will be Proficient at Curriculum Level 5 in each subject

Quality Achievement:

• 20% of students who achieve NCEA Level 1, 2 and 3, will do so with Excellence

• 20% of Year 9 students will be Advanced at Curriculum Level 4 in each subject

• 20% of Year 10 students will be Advanced at Curriculum Level 5 in each subject

UE Achievement (Participation)

• 70% of eligible students gain the UE qualification

The full charter is available, as above; in the Board of Trustees sections on our website http://my.ohs.school.nz or www.onehungahigh.school.nz

ONEHUNGA HIGH SCHOOL NCEA RESULTS (ROLL BASED)

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for the academic year. We wish them both enjoyment and success, learning more about leading teaching and learning.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

• We are fortunate that Onehunga High School continues to be effectively governed by a board comprising community members who are committed to supporting student achievement. Fran Mes has been re-elected as Board Chair, and Kym Amiatu and Roy Murupaenga re-elected as Deputy Chairs.

BUSINESS SCHOOL NEWS

• This year, we welcome Teresa Lauago as our Business School Liaison. Teresa is working in collaboration with staff and Business School board to implement the strategic plan co-developed with us by Associate Professor Christine Woods and PhD student Jamie Newth.

• We also acknowledge the contribution of Cadence Kaumoana, PhD student and secondary school teacher, who has worked with us to develop a Year 9 module based on Entrepreneurial Mindset.

• We are thrilled that the house our Construction School students are building this year, has been sold. This is a great early outcome for all concerned, and it enables us to incorporate requested modifications into the build as it progresses. Particular thanks are due Ernie Meyer, David Eastwood, Clare Kurtovich and Peter Mayow.

ARA - AUCKLAND AIRPORT JOBS AND SKILLS HUB

• Ara connects local people with job and training opportunities at Auckland Airport and it connects students from five secondary schools with work experience, as well as with job and further training opportunities including apprenticeships.

Ara partners include:• the South Auckland community• Fletchers, Hawkins, other local employers

and the South Harbour Business Association

• Ministries of Social Development; Business, Innovation and Employment; and Education

• TEC, tertiary institutes, ITOs and training providers, Auckland Council

• Aorere College, Mangere College, Manurewa High, Onehunga High and Southern Cross Campus.

We have established a good foundation of collaboration between

our five schools, Ara and the airport. This initiative is “walking the talk” of connecting students and schools with future education and employment opportunities.

Already this year, Ara has attracted significant interest from regional and national politicians as well as employment and education personnel. Ara fits with Minister Hipkins’ vision of a connected pathway for all; lifelong education.

SCHOOL BALL

• Our school ball will be held on Tuesday 10 July; the first Tuesday of the school break at the end of Term Two.

KAITIAKI EVENINGS

• Thank you, to students, families and staff, for engaging with our “Meet the Kaitiaki evenings”. We appreciated meeting with so many families at this early stage of the year and we look forward to supporting your child/ren, together with you, this year.

We encourage you to use our website http://www.onehungahigh.school.nz/ which includes our parent/student portal in the top right corner of the front page. You can also access the portal directly at http://my.ohs.school.nz/. Feedback is helpful to us, so keep this coming please; we appreciate you interacting with our website in order that we are better connected with each other.

We wish everyone a safe and enjoyable Term One break, and look forward to seeing all students at 8:40am Monday 30 April to begin Term Two.

Deidre Shea Principal

Congratulations to the following students who have received superstar awards

Mele Afu 13Wa

Leilani Andrews 13Lv

Alyssa Baxter 9Cw

James Duffy 9Rd

Vii Fanene 13Wa

John Futi 13Wha

Sei-K Kapukava 10Cp

Paige Lane 9Ps

Josias Manukeu 9Ps

Mj Meti 13Wn

Marcus Munro-Wilson 9Cw

Zane Neki 13Ed

Rakei Ngutu 9Pj

Rixon Short 9Ps

Cain Sosene-Miti 10Cp

Daniel Tamotu 13Sp

Adam Togiamua 9Ps

Nate Van Dolleweerd 9Cw

Jeffery White 9Al

Ben Webb 9Cw

SUPERSTAR AWARDS

ADVANCE NOTIFICATIONFEES FOR NCEA AND SCHOLARSHIP 2018Year 11, 12 and 13 students are required to pay NZQA fees to have their results recorded on their Record of Achievement and to receive certificates. The fee for NCEA is $76.70 and Scholarship is $30 per subject. Fees are due in Week 1, Term 3.

EARLY NOTIFICATION ATTENDANCE SYSTEMParents and caregivers are notified by text and/or email of student absence after the end of period 1 and period 5. A reply to the school justifying or explaining these absences is appreciated.

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UNIFORM SHOPDuring Term Two the school uniform shop will be open on Mondays and Thursdays at lunchtime. The school uniform shop is closed on the last week of each term.

Congratulations to the following students who received awards at the Junior Awards Ceremony in December:

Loyalty and Courage Cup: MAYA EDMUNDS 11Gt

Nicholas Joyce Memorial Cup: ANDREI CAMPBELL 11Ne

Junior Sportsperson of the Year: BLAKE COSTLEY 11Gt

Elma Aitken Junior Merit Cup: HOLLY HU 11Dl

PREFECTS

Left to right; Front: Cerys Purnell 13Wn, Leilani Andrew 13Lv, Sukhdeep Kaur Khaliwal 13Mm, Arielle Lino 13LvBack: Special King 13Ed, Samantha Johnstone 13Gr, Michael French 13Gr, Daniel Tamotu 13Sp, Siona Vaiotu 13Wa, Alex Lam Sam 13Wa, Hiva Fineanganofo 13Gr, Sione Ufi 13Lv (Head Boy), Jacob Ngan-Sue (BOT Student Rep), Chryss Viliko 13Do, Zane Neki 13Ed, Emma Tuave 13Gr (Head Girl and BOT Student Rep)

FOOD AND HOSPITALITYAt the end of 2017, our long serving and generous HOD Angie Wilson left to pursue new opportunities at MIT and fellow chef and associate Tobias Wilkinson has joined our staff as HOD, ably assisted by Mrs Shital Wati, a highly experienced and capable Food and Hospitality teacher from Fiji.

They are both excited and looking forward to the opportunity and challenge of carrying on and building upon the great work and reputation already established by Angie at Onehunga High School.

On Thursday 22 February the Prefects attended a leadership day where we discussed what the vision was for us at OHS From our numerous discussions, which included a few laughs, we came up with our vision of: Encouraging unity and inspiring change. By having this vision we set ourselves three goals to achieve this year.

Prefect Goal 1:To interact with our peers.

Prefect Goal 2: Balancing our commitments / knowing our priorities.

Prefect Goal 3: To create events, groups and activities to ignite unity and engagement between students / staff.

We had two speakers with us that day; Mrs Dillaman and Thomas Campbell 2017 head boy. They helped us to enhance our public speaking skills by giving us advice

and activities which made us feel more comfortable and confident with not only addressing our peers but also with other communities outside of school. At the end of the day we took a trip into town to Escapade NZ where we were challenged to escape different thematic rooms within an hour. We had to use team work and trust to get through this. This activity was insightful for our group as it gave us a different perspective in how to overcome obstacles. Overall it was a very enjoyable day. Swimming sports and the athletics day were also fun. We look forward to serving our school with loyalty and courage for 2018.

ZANE NEKI 13Ed

SPORTS DRAWS, RESULTS & INFORMATIONSports draws, results and general information can be viewed under the sports tab on the parent portal on the school website.

BUSES AT METROYou could pocket $40* a month with an AT HOP card - Buy and register your child’s AT HOP card and pay less for school travel for children aged between 5 – 19 (excludes SkyBus and Waiheke ferry services).

*Compared with a cash fare based on a 1 zone bus or train trip, twice daily, five days a week over a month. Must have a child or secondary student concession applied to an AT HOP card. Terms of use for AT HOP cards are available at AT.govt.nz/athopterms. Fares and discounts are current as at 29 January 2018.

BUSINESS SCHOOL

On Tuesday 20 February we were incredibly lucky to have Amanda Jackson come in from Jackson Industries to talk to us about the employee recruitment process. She talked about their organisation structure, how to conduct a job analysis, what is involved in a job description, screening, shortlisting, interview testing, how to make an offer and the induction process. All of these topics helped us enormously with our first business assessment of the year. It was awesome to hear the information from somebody who has had experience within a local successful business.

ZARA PARKER 11Dj

The Year 9 Business students this term have been studying entrepreneurship and how successful people more often than not fail on their way to success.

They were treated to two incredible guest speakers: Paul DeJonge, creator of the Auckland Night Markets, and Saione Greer, director of Viva Dance and Lei Café. These entrepreneurs shared their inspiring stories, including their own failures and how they overcame them, to bring these concepts to life for our students, who were captured by our guests’ humble beginnings and encouragement for innovative thinking.

The students have now embarked on their own business ventures, upcycling plastic bottles into new products. Production is well underway, with final market-ready products due for completion by the end of the term. Students will reflect on their personal failures and successes from their own enterprise and think about how they can identify future business opportunities.

YEAR 9 BUSINESS ENTREPRENEURS


AMANDA JACKSON HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGER OF JACKSON INDUSTRIES VISITS YEAR 11 BUSINESS

Three classes from our cohort worked alongside Mr Nisbet and his team to do maintenance for the school. The second half of Term 1 was about ‘Setting Sail’ and getting involved in wider school and extracurricular activities. In discussion with students and their Kaitiaki teachers about their group projects they wanted to give back to the school in some sort of way as well as merge it with wider school activities. Cleaning and maintenance was an ideal solution. So working

alongside Mr Nisbet and his team our three Kaitiaki classes worked on cleaning up the Astro turf, BMX track, front office gardens and clearing out the bark and trees in upper P Block for one period. It was an enjoyable occasion and the classes were working together as a team in getting the job done. Thank you to the classes of 13Do, 13Ed and 13Lv and their teachers who were with them and a huge thanks to Mr Nisbet and his team.

SAFOTU FILIPO Year 13 Dean

YEAR 13 KAITIAKI GROUP PROJECT

The new house is well underway with a group of new and keen students. Mr Ernie Meyer and Mr Peter Mayow community volunteers have once again kindly donated their time and expertise to the project. We thank them both for the effort they put into our young people.

The new students have already completed a first aid course and nail gun safety training with Stephen from Paslode. Paslode and Pryda NZ donate training time and products to the project.

Some Building School students from 2017 have contacted us and are doing very well; most have completed 90-day work trials and have now signed their apprenticeship contracts. We wish them the best with their higher education endeavours.

BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SCHOOLThe Building School has made a great start to the year.


2017 HOUSE BEING CRANED INTO IT'S NEW LOCATION IN TAURANGA


INTERNATIONALSHORT-STUDY TOURS

ENGLISH LANGUAGE SCHOOLTerm Two starts on 30 April (English Language School Term Two only), although we accept new students at any time. We offer a full range of English classes from absolute beginners through to IELTS. We offer students study options that include both part-time and full time programmes; 9.00 am to 2.30 pm. There are significant discounts for NZ residents and long lengths of study. Please phone us for enrolment information on 634 9690 or email us on [email protected].

ADULT LEARNING CENTREADULT EDUCATION Term One classes commenced on Tuesday 20 February. The year has started well with many classes full before commencement. Please remember to enrol early to secure your place in class and take advantage of our online enrolment discount.

Please visit our website www.adultlearn.co.nz to view a full list of all our classes and an update of any new classes or promotions we offer from term to term.

Term Two classes start Tuesday May 15.

You can also contact us on [email protected] or 636 9060 to enrol over the telephone or for further information.

We have had a busy start this year with our short-study tours from China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. All of our homestay families have been absolutely amazing and supportive. We also want to thank our fabulous students at Onehunga High School who have made this trip memorable for our international students.

Here are very few comments:

Qiuzijie (Jack): “every day was a very happy day with my family. But the happiest day is when we had picnic at the park together. That day, I try some new food and we can have our dinner among the animals”

Shao (Ivy): “How time flies! I’ll go back to China soon but I don’t want to leave here. I’m lucky to meet such a lovely and kind host family Nana. Nana cooks well! I’ll never forget. I hope we can have communications after I go back to China. Love Nana!”

Yuxiao (Curry): “I spent my first birthday in New Zealand without a family company. My host family cooked a big dinner and gave me an unforgettable birthday party.”

Ching-Yu (Celina): “Anything are very great. Host family was super great. The view was very wonderful and buddies were very kind to

me. I’m very happy I can be here.”

Chao (Andy): “There wasn’t anything that could have made it better. I feel great.”

Yu Ting (Tina): “My home mom is very nice; I will miss her.”

Chang-Yu (Ryan): “My happiest time was when we went to sky tower and when we ate BBQ when we arrived to home.”

Cheng-En (Harry): “I really love my homestay family. They take good care of me. They are the best homestay family.”

Grace and Amanda: “My homestay family made delicious lunch and dinner and we played fun games and went beach walk with them. My homestay family is perfect. I had a lot of fun. I’ll miss them so much. Love them all.”

We are also going to have a busy time during July and August. If you are interested in helping our young international students to have the experience of their life or you know anyone who is keen to become a host family and to provide a student with a genuinely unforgettable English-speaking experience, please contact us on 021 980 718 or email: [email protected].

Year 9 have been learning about the colour wheel, mixing primary, secondary and tertiary colours and studying famous artist William Turner to recreate a New Zealand landscape showing an influence from his style, using acrylic paints.

YEAR 9

YEAR 11


Rayden Ryan 9Al

Gulliver Twiss 9Al

Kemen Zulaika Nillesen 9Al

Holly Buncuga 9Al

Year 13 ARD have been responding to current world issues with graphic artwork compositions, which represent these.

YEAR 13

PHOTOGRAPHY

Eric I'a 11Fa Imagined Worlds Project

Jordan Singh 10Ml Low Perspectives

Luther Rogers 10Up Low perspectives

Sophaia Taukei ‘ Aho 13Sp

Nava George Purcell 13Wo

Phoenix Rau 13Mm Ignite and light Project



To celebrate Chinese Lantern Festival, we hosted a group of artists from China on 5 March. The Year 9 and 10 students had the opportunity to watch the amazing Chinese traditional performances. Surprisingly I learnt a lot and enjoyed it at the same time. We listened to the instruments that are 3,000-4,000 years old, we watched the face masks changing and shadow puppet show.

I loved all the shows!

9Cw TAMSYN LAIRD

Chinese New Year or Spring Festival is the most important festival in China and some other Asian countries. It is also celebrated by the Chinese communities all around the world. We celebrated Chinese New Year in our Chinese class. I’ve also learnt that this year's Chinese zodiac is Gou or in English, dog. We also learnt the story of Chinese zodiac animals which was very interesting. My teacher taught me that Chinese people believe zodiac signs shows a person’s characteristics and personality. I am a monkey so it means that I am enthusiastic, and sociable!

9Al KARLIN NASSAU

Every week on Monday and Thursday students have the chance to experience Korean culture with the help of our Korean teacher Ms Hwang. I find it interesting seeing the spread of diversity in the classroom as people learn about the Korean language. During our lessons we are taught the way Korean language is spoken and written, from simple greetings to general conversations. Especially from the viewpoint of someone who’s deeply interested in the culture, having first-hand experience with a fluent speaker makes learning much easier. If you are interested in joining us, please come to A5. This club is for junior students on Monday lunchtimes and for senior students on Thursday lunchtimes.

12Lu ZALIKAH SULIMAN

Year 13 Services Academy students have recently completed the Induction Camp held for the Northern Region Academies at the Waiouru Military camp in the centre of the North Island.

The camp was 12 days of very hard work where trainees felt challenged every minute of the day. John Futi 13Wa explained “when you think of the Army you think of physical challenges but it is so much more than that. You are challenged, physically, mentally and emotionally.” Students were required to push past what they thought were their limits, and as a result learnt a lot about themselves. Vii Fanene 13Wa observed that “you couldn’t take the easy way out because there was no easy way.” Some of the assigned activities were designed as individual challenges, where you had to focus entirely on your own

performance and were not allowed to help your mates which some recruits found difficult. The cross country run was an example of an individual challenge where you had to complete the 6km course as fast as you could, before you were permitted to go back to encourage others in your platoon. In contrast to this the Confidence Course was a team building exercise where you had to go ‘over, under or around’ obstacles as a team and you could only go as fast as your slowest team member.

Students were focussed on the need for

discipline, and learnt leadership skills. While all students impressed staff, we would like to especially congratulate John Futi 13Wa who was named top trainee in the platoon and Vii Fanene 13Wa who was named most improved trainee and was on several occasions DT or Duty Trainee, in charge of the platoon when staff were not present.

Staff Watson and Staff Webb are extremely proud of all of the OHS trainees who completed the camp displaying Loyalty and Courage throughout.

LANGUAGES

SERVICES ACADEMY


PERFORMING ARTS

The Red Eagle Scholarship, generously provided by Heather and Tony Falkenstein, enables two of our students to attend the Geelong Summer Music Camp in Melbourne each year.

In January this year, recipients Leilani Andrew 13Lv and Michael French 13Gr arrived in Melbourne with some trepidation, to take up this opportunity.

GEELONG SUMMER MUSIC CAMPNINE OHS STUDENTS RECEIVE SCHOLARSHIPS TO PERFORM IN THE NATIONAL YOUTH THEATRE COMPANY.They say there’s no business like show business, and nine of our Level 1 and 2 drama/dance students are feeling the burn already, as they prepare to perform in a professional stage musical in late June.

Christine Russell 12Ae, Nina Esekia 12Hu, Mariah Luki 12Br, Nathan Chitty 12Sr, Maya Edmunds 11Gt, Reuben Smith 11Jt, Boston Tahana 11Dj, Ivan Merkulov 11Hm and Conn Ferris 11Dl are all recipients of scholarships to be part of the National Youth Theatre Company’s production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s hit “Cats” at the Aotea Centre. They are currently participating in weekly rehearsals and preparing for an intensive weekend camp. Then across four days in June, these talented youths will be demonstrating their singing, dancing and acting talents to audiences which will include school groups from all over Auckland and the general public. With professional lighting, sound and choreography, and extravagant make-up and costumes, NYTC’s shows are a wonder to behold, and this is an incredible experience for our OHS students to get a real taste of show business life. Break a leg, you superstars!

PROFESSIONAL DANCE SHOW INSPIRES OUR BUDDING DANCERSThrough OHS’s relationship with the Basement Theatre Schools' Programme, a group of our Senior Dance students had the opportunity to watch “Side B”, a dance performance consisting of four diverse works which explored themes of Samoan culture with humour, seriousness and playfulness. The performance, choreographed by Perri Exeter and Joash Fahitua, was devised to reflect “the contrasting worlds we come from and memories we create as humans”. Our students loved it - they laughed, enjoyed the humour and were amazed at the strength, stamina and physicality of the dancers. Their post-show comments demonstrate what they learned from the experience: “It made me want to dance better.” “Side B showed me how important connection with the audience is.” “It inspired me to work on my technique to make my movements more unique.”

Photo credit: Julie Zhu Photography

However, it did not take long for Leilani and Michael to feel right at home. They made many new friends and immersed themselves in the experience.

Michael, who plays saxophone, was allocated to the Big Band and Stage Band groups. He felt challenged by the proficiency of the other band members who had been playing longer than he has, but his own playing quickly improved. He enjoyed performing with the Stage Band as this was a new experience for him and he enjoyed the music.

Leilani, specialising as a vocalist, came up against the challenge of having to read sheet music as she sang, but her skills quickly improved and she was one of only two participants chosen to perform a solo at the end of the camp.

Both Leilani and Michael agree that while initially they were pushed out of their comfort zone, they had a fantastic time which they both wished had lasted longer. It was a very positive, learning and confidence-building experience, which they are both very grateful to have been given.

ROBOTICS

All robots performed well throughout the year either placing or winning many of the monthly meetings.

For the NZ Nationals SymbiOHSis entered all five robots. All five robots made it the quarter finals with two of them playing off against each other in the finals. As finalists and runners up both of these robots qualified to represent NZ at the VEX World Championships in Kentucky. SymbiOHSis also qualified a third robot in the individual skills challenge. These robots demonstrated a sound proficiency of the variety of ways that a single engineering challenge could be approached to reach a successful conclusion.

This year’s game had a range of mechanical requirements. The robots had to be able to grip a variety of different sized game elements, complete repeatable tasks at speed, lift objects of various weights and move about the playing field as quickly as possible. As a team, they were able to analyse the requirements of the game and create robots that excelled at a diverse range of game aspects. SymbiOHSis had robots that performed well at either quickly lifting then scoring the heavy game pieces, being good stacking robots or as strong defensive blocking robots. The students continuously

modified gear boxes; testing different gear ratios for the various tasks. They also created a range of lifting mechanisms for either weight or speed requirements. These mechanisms demonstrated a sound understanding of levers and linear movement and the gearboxes proved their understanding of the different gearing requirements for speed and torque.

As a teacher one of the best aspects of the VEX Robotics competition is its application of STEM in a real world scenario. Yes, it is only a game, but the skills the students learn here are those they will be applying if they pursue a career in the Engineering fields. These include the “soft” skills of working as a team to complete complex engineering tasks.

Team 2900G: Zoe Forrest 13Gr, Jordan Green 13Mm, and Lesley Ly 13Wn were part of the winning alliance at the National championship, and also won the Create award for a creative engineering solution.

Team 2900B: Nathan Bayne, Amy Byrnand, and Kirk Pilkington 13Wn were part of the runner-up alliance at the National championship.

Team 2900C: Matthew Moran 13Mm and Antony Faid 12Ta were the runner-up for a special driving and programming skills award.

Team 2900A: Elliot Soffe 13Mm, Louise Cleland 13Lv, and Steven Andrew 13Gr won the Innovate award for the most innovative design feature.

Team 2900D: Rahul Bhati 11By and Shehaab Khan 11By made it to the quarter finals of the National championship.

This is the first time that any school in NZ has qualified three robots for a single VEX Worlds Championship. We are very proud of the continual effort these students have made this year. This result is the culmination of many hours of designing, building, testing and rebuilding to create robots that repeatedly demonstrated a series of tasks that were consistently completed to a superior standard.

Congratulations to all the Robotics team members and to our new programming guru Ms Jennifer Crisp for her time and expertise.

DOUG BRYAN Team SymbiOHSis mentor/TIC

SYMBIOHSIS IS A COLLECTION OF FIVE VEX ROBOTICS TEAMS FROM ONEHUNGA HIGH SCHOOL.

Here is a link to the Give a Little page if you would like to see our robots in action or to support our students on their trip to the World Championships in Kentucky.

https://givealittle.co.nz/cause/help-send-symbiohsis-to-the-world-robotics?_ga=2.169114273.1650085680.1519697226-1163403406.1519600146#


SCIENCE

INVESTIGATING IN SCIENCELevel 1 students have been busy preparing for their first internal assessment by completing a series of fair testing practical tasks. A highlight was the water balloon slingshot (and some particularly good weather), where students tested a variety of different variables such as angle of release, individual strength and skill as well as the amount of water, to see how far the balloon would travel. Apart from getting a bit wet, students developed some excellent skills for fair testing and have prepared themselves well for their first science internal assessment!

RISE OF THE MACHINESThis year, our Year 9 and 10 students are investigating how Science impacts our everyday lives. In the first topic, students have been exploring the topic of Science and Technology by deconstructing many everyday objects. They have taken apart CPUs, wind up cars and discussed the use of simple machines within them. A particularly fun practical was ‘saving the egg’, where students designed a parachute and landing craft to help their egg survive the drop. Students are also making posters to showcase how simple machines are an important part of their culture. Their topic finale is to design a machine using their knowledge about the design process, forces, simple machines and energy transfer.

Poster by Hannah-Mae Wardrop 'Ofamo'oni 10Pk

9Rd EGG DROP JOHN TUITAVAKE

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9Rd EGG DROP BRANDON REID

ROCKY SHORE Level 2 Biology students collecting data about organisms that live on the rocky shore.



GYMNASTICSCongratulations to John Ryan 13Do who represented NZ at the Valeri Liukin Invitational Gymnastics competition in the US during the holidays.

In his individual competition, Ryan was placed first on rings, first on parallel bars, and third overall. The NZ team took out first place in the team competition. A nice reward for the long hours of training.

Welcome to the 2018 sporting year, and welcome all our new students, staff and families. We look forward to your involvement in sport at Onehunga High School.

Term 1 is always a very busy term as we work our way through the key sporting events for the summer. We always look forward to our top athletes representing OHS at zones for swimming and athletics.

This term has brought an increased volume of participation and teams as we look to build and develop new sports. It is great to see teams in Junior Boys and Girls Cricket, Water Polo, Waka Ama and Kilikiti this year.

Good luck to all our sports teams and individuals for the upcoming weeks, enjoy your sport and represent OHS well.

If you are interested in coaching or managing a sports team at OHS please contact with me on 0272462448 or [email protected]

CHAD COOMBES – Director of Sport

TERM 1 SPORTS REVIEW

ONEHUNGA ATHLETICS DAY 2018It was not the nicest of days with rain squalls scudding over the field, but this did not dampen the enthusiasm of students taking part. Congratulations to all students who did their very best on the day, being involved and committed, showing loyalty and courage.

JUNIOR GIRLSHigh Jump Winner Faith Fineanganofo 10UpLong Jump Winner Eva White 9CwShot Put Winner Salote Panuve 10ThDiscus Winner Faith Fineanganofo 10Up100m Winner Faith Fineanganofo 10Up200m Winner Margilyn Liu Chan 9Pj

JUNIOR BOYSHigh Jump Winner Jack Filoa 9CwShot Put Winner Nathaniel Tangimataiti 10CpDiscus Winner Patrick Moimoi 10Ml100m Winner Tuvaka Palu 9Sl200m Winner Gulliver Twiss 9Al

JUNIOR GIRLSFaith Fineanganofo 10Up 9th High JumpTina Tu’ifua 10Ku 9th DiscusJunior Girls Relay 3rd 4x100m

JUNIOR BOYSTuvaka Palu 9Sl 7th 200mPhoenix Sinapati 10Cp 6th Shot Put 7th DiscusNathaniel Tangimataiti 10Cp 4th Shot PutBen Webb 9Cw 8th 1500m 8th 3000mJunior Boys Relay 3rd 4x100m

INTERMEDIATE GIRLSMeleane Hala 11Hm 8th Shot PutMorticia Levi 11Hw 3rd High Jump 6th Long Jump

ATHLETICS AUCKLAND CENTRAL WEST ZONEThe Central Western Zone Athletics Sports was a perfect day for athletics and we were delighted to have 25 athletes competing, all of whom did a great job as ambassadors of OHS.

Congratulations Morticia Levi 11Hw who has qualified for the Auckland Championships

Annie Manukeu 11Dm 8th Long Jump‘Ahoika Sinipata 11Hm 5th Shot PutDanika Thompson 12 Lu 5th Discus 7th High JumpIntermediate Girls Relay 2nd 4x100m

INTERMEDIATE BOYSJosiah Aliimalemanu 10Pk 8th Shot Put

SENIOR GIRLSRuth Dean 12Sn 6th Long Jump

SENIOR BOYSMj Meti 13Wn 9th High Jump

Congratulations to all of the students who represented our school so well.

OHS RESULTS

INTERMEDIATE GIRLSHigh Jump Winner Morticia Levi 11Hw Danika Thompson 12LuLong Jump Winner Annie Manukeu 11DmShot Put Winner ‘Ahoika Sinipata 11 HmDiscus Winner Danika Thompson 12Lu100m Winner Ashlee Gordon 11Hm200m Winner Danika Thompson 12Lu

INTERMEDIATE BOYSHigh Jump Winner Benny Lam Sam 11Dm Elijah Belton 11Dj Peter Tunupopo 11FaShot Put Winner Josiah Faaaoga 11ByDiscus Winner Josiah Faaaoga 11By100m Winner Elijah Belton 11Dj

SENIOR GIRLSLong Jump Winner Ruth Dean 12 SnShot Put Winner Mele Afu 13WaDiscus Winner Chryss Viliko 13Do

SENIOR BOYSHigh Jump Winner Mj Meti 13WnShot Put Winner Atina Toeoaana 12Lu100m Winner Mj Meti 13Wn

Congratulations to all winners


JUNIOR BOYS CRICKETFor the first time in a number of years OHS has a boys' cricket team playing in the Auckland Secondary Schools' junior competition. The Year 9 and 10 team is made up of a group of keen students, many of whom are new to cricket. We have had a couple of tough losses to Mt Roskill and Sacred Heart and a close defeat against Macleans College. The highlight of the season was undoubtedly our first victory against St Peter's College at Royal Oak Intermediate. The team has been superbly led by Ben Webb 9Cw and the boys are to be congratulated on their fantastic team spirit and dedication.

SWIMMING AUCKLAND CENTRAL ZONEThe Central East Zone Swimming competition was recently held at Diocesan School. It was a very enjoyable day and OHS competitors represented the school with loyalty and courage.

It was pleasing to see the Year 9s so well represented. The OHS stand out swimmer on the day was Marco Smeets 12Ta,who had an excellent day finishing with two seconds and a third.

OHS RESULTSJUNIOR GIRLSOlivia Bush 9Cw 24th Backstroke, 22nd Breaststroke, 30th FreestyleDana Gasic 9Al 23rd Backstroke, 23rd Breaststroke, 31st FreestyleBriana Insley 9Cw 24th Breaststroke, 29th Freestyle

JUNIOR BOYSGulliver Twiss 9Al 19th Breaststroke, 29th FreestyleNate Van Dolleweerd 9Cw 19th BackstrokeBen Webb 9Cw 28th Freestyle

INTERMEDIATE BOYSMaccrae Baxter 11Hm 24th Backstroke, 21st ButterflyMarco Smeets 12Te 3rd Butterfly, 11th Backstroke, 2nd Breaststroke, 2nd FreestyleLee Wong 11Hm 32nd Freestyle

SENIOR GIRLSSamantha Johnstone 13Gr 9th Breaststroke, 9th Butterfly, 14th Freestyle

OHS SWIMMING SPORTS

MANUKAU TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPThis has been the first year that we have entered in the tennis championship. It’s been great to have eight tennis players keen to represent the school.

We had an interrupted day at tennis with rain but all the students did really well with three of our players making quarterfinals, Tamara Teua 10Pk, Lee Wong 11Hm and Marcus Munro-Wilson 9Cw.

Girls softball has persevered this season despite the weather and defaults by opponents. The girls have enjoyed getting out every week for training (at least) to build on their softball skills and have a bit of a laugh. With a number of our senior players in and out, many of our junior girls have stepped up to get the team going in their games. Our most recent game was a bit of a nail biter ending in a 9 all draw. Way to get the bats going, ladies. The girls have vastly improved since our first training, and are really hitting their stride on the field. We’re hopeful that this short season has peaked interest for junior softball term 4.

SOFTBALL GIRLS

JUNIOR GIRLS CRICKET

FINAL RESULTS 20182018 GIRLSWinners of 1 Length - Freestyle/Backstroke/Breaststroke/Butterfly/Underwater

JUNIOR GIRLSFreestyle Winner Briana Insley 9CwBackstroke Winner Dana Gasic 9AlBreaststroke Winner Olivia Bush 9CwButterfly Winner Briana Insley 9Cw

INTERMEDIATE GIRLSFreestyle Winner Morticia Levi 11HwBackstroke Winner Morticia Levi 11Hw

SENIOR GIRLSFreestyle Winner Samantha Johnstone 13GrBackstroke Winner Sophia Wells 13Gr Breaststroke Winner Samantha Johnstone 13GrButterfly Winner Samantha Johnstone 13Gr

2018 BOYSWinners of 1 Length - Freestyle/Backstroke/Breaststroke/Butterfly

JUNIOR BOYSFreestyle Winner Nate Van Dolleweerd 9CwBackstroke Winner Nate Van Dolleweerd 9CwBreaststroke Winner Nate Van Dolleweerd 9CwButterfly Winner Ben Webb 9Cw

INTERMEDIATE BOYS Freestyle Winner Lee Wong 11HmBackstroke Winner Maccrae Baxter 11HmBreaststroke Winner Marco Smeets 12TaButterfly Winner Marco Smeets 12Ta

SENIOR BOYSFreestyle Winner Jacob Donovan 12WzBackstroke Winner Jacob Donovan 12WzBreaststroke Winner Jacob Donovan 12 WzButterfly Winner Michael French 13Gr


TERM TWO [CALENDAR 2018 30 APRIL – 6 JULY]

WEEK ONE30 April1 May Orienteering Trip Cornwall Park Y122 May Discovery Concert Town Hall Y11,12,133 May4 May Rotation: 5,1,2,3,4

WEEK TWO7 May8 May9 May10 May11 May Rotation: 1,2,3,4,5

WEEK THREE14 May Driver licence testing Y1315 May Driver licence testing Y1316 May17 May18 May Rotation: 2,3,4,5,1

WEEK FOUR21 May22 May Vital Body Worlds Exhibition Hilton Hotel Y1323 May Youth Health Council Yellow Dot Healthy Food Day

24 May Asthma Bus25 May Rotation: 3,4,5,1,2

WEEK FIVE28 May Services Academy Bushcraft course (all week)29 May30 May BP Business Challenge Y1131 May BP Business Challenge Y111 June BP Business Challenge Y11 Rotation: 4,5,1,2,3

WEEK SIX4 June Queen’s birthday - school closed5 June 6 June Otago University seminar Y137 June L3 Geography camp Rotorua8 June L3 Geography camp Rotorua Rotation: 5,1,2,3,49 June (Sat) L3 Geography camp Rotorua

WEEK SEVEN11 June12 June13 June14 June15 June Rotation: 1,2,3,4,5

WEEK EIGHT18 June19 June20 June21 June Health Science Fono22 June Rotation: 2,3,4,5,1

WEEK NINE25 June26 June27 June28 June Services Academy – Tough Guy and Gal Challenge Sports photos29 June Distinguished Alumni Dinner Rotation: 3,4,5,1,2,

WEEK TEN2 July3 July4 July5 July6 July Rotation: 4,5,1,2,310 July Tuesday School Ball – Ellerslie Event Centre

SENIOR GIRLS TOUCH

WAKA AMA

JUNIOR BOYS FOOTBALL

BOYS VOLLEYBALL TEAMThis group of student-athletes has improved all season long. Each player has developed into a hard-working, devoted volleyball player who is willing to improve his skills to make the team better. The boys successfully finished a challenging regional season playing two games every Thursday before moving on to the Auckland Championships on Thursday 8 and Friday 9 March. At Auckland Champs, the team represented Onehunga High School to the highest standard. The team fundraised to attend the National Championships during week 8 in Palmerston North. With almost all players returning to the team next year,

it should be an exciting journey for this group.

Individual honourable mention goes to Abel Watford 13Wa for being the team’s only graduating player this year. All the best to Abel at Nationals as he competes in his last high school volleyball competition and all the best for future endeavours.

We also want to acknowledge our starting setter, Brandyn Talagi-Aholima 12Ta. Brandyn is a humble player who plays every game. The team relies on his exceptional leadership, both on and off the court.

SENIOR BOYS TOUCH TEAMWith a lot of interest shown throughout the trials period, it was tough to whittle the squad down to 12 boys. We got there in the end and our first couple of trainings had a heavy focus on improving and maintaining fitness while also trying to instil some defensive and offensive structures. Our season got off to a disappointing start with the first two weeks of games being cancelled due to poor weather. But this did not slow our momentum and the boys continued to hit the training paddock with all they had. Come week three, we were finally given our chance. In our first game against Pakuranga College, we fought hard but it was clear that most of the boys were overcome with nerves. After a quick team talk, the boys turned it around against a strong De La Salle College. Our next, and last match saw us go toe-to-toe with Botany, with us narrowly coming out second best. Despite the short season, I saw a lot of potential from players. Moreover, I would like to thank our Year 13 members of the team and captain Daniel Tamotu 13Sp for showing great leadership throughout the season.

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